...Assignment 4 Chapters 10 and 11. Case 11.1 Authentic Leadership Am I Really a Leader? 1. Learning about one’s self is an essential step in becoming an authentic leader. What role did self-awareness play in Sally Helgesen’s story of leadership? Self-awareness is an extremely important process in becoming an authentic leader wherein individuals not only understand themselves, including their strength and weaknesses but also learn the impact they have on others. Understanding herself just lead Sally into becoming an authentic leader. Through her journey and experiences, she realized her strengths and weaknesses and developed a clear sense of who she was and what she stood for; developed a strong anchor for her decisions and actions. 2. How would you describe the authenticity of Sally Helgesen’s leadership? I think Sally’s leadership is very authentic. The factors that impacted her leadership were Confidence and resilience: When she started writing the book Wildcatters she lived in adverse conditions but she showed resilience, remaining optimistic and bounced back from challenging situations and became a writer. Moral reasoning: Despite her acclaim she realized her shortcomings seeing herself as an author not an expert on women’s issues and started reasserting them in a different form. She developed the capacity to make ethical decisions. Critical Life event: The book The Female Advantage resulted in numerous speaking and consulting opportunities. I think that her travels...
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...The Brand Experience Toolkit Brand Experience Toolkit [August 2007] Table of Contents 1.0 History of the AIESEC Brand 1.1 1.2 1.3 What is a brand? Why do we have a global brand? Brand Promise vs. Brand Experience: an evolution 2.0 The Brand Experience 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 An overview Our competitors Our target audiences Physical manifestations Benefits Differentiator Essence 3.0 Filter tool – how to use the Brand Experience in practice 3.1 3.2 Assessing your results Finding support Brand Experience Toolkit 1.0 – History of the AIESEC brand Brand Experience Toolkit [August 2007] History of the AIESEC brand The global AIESEC brand as we know it today was launched by AIESEC International in 2004. The first Brand Toolkit included explanations on what is a brand, why we need one and the steps in order to achieve that, including our Brand Promise, visual guidelines and marketing campaign. 1.1 What is a brand? A brand is more than just a logo, slogan or a colour scheme; it is the image and reputation that we want others to associate with our organization. But, a brand is also more than just the image that we want others to have of us; it is also a description of the organization that we want to be. A brand is an expression of your actions and what you do every day. In AIESEC, our global brand is represented through our living The AIESEC Way. Our ―Brand Experience‖ is the experience we want our stakeholders (members, supporters and enablers)...
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...WHAT ARE THE PRINCIPAL DISTINCTION BETWEEN TRANSACTIONAL AND TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP. Every Leader has a style that is adopted based on prevailing situation and their end focus in mind. However, it is pertinent to give some basic highlights on the various differences that are inherent in their various approach. For leadership concept to be complete and fully adopted there must always be a corresponding Followership. Burns define Leadership as, “ leaders inducing followers to act for certain goals that represent the values and the motivations-the wants and needs, the aspirations and expectations-of both leaders and followers.” Leadership is all about influencing the followers to achieve a desired goal. Over the years there have been ‘generation’ theories which are Trait theory, Behavioural Theory, Contingency theories and Transformational. The 1st question that comes to mind is what Transactional Leadership is. Transactional Leader: approaches followers with an eye to exchanging one thing for another … Burns pursues a cost benefit, economic exchange to met subordinates current material and psychic needs in return for “contracted” services rendered by the subordinate …. Bass Transactional Leadership is a style of leadership that uses the bases of conditions between a leader and follower. In essence, it is a form of conditional relationship in every facet of life, superiors’ sets target to the subordinates and expects the subordinate to perform and be rewarded. In an...
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...“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.” - John Quincy Adams. John Quincy Adams once demonstrated a profound understanding of the essence of leadership by proposing, "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader." His perspective resonates deeply with me. As a natural leader, Adams' assertion does not merely define who I am; it also frames my upbringing, college experiences, and future ambitions. Leaders recognize the substantial value of education and continuous learning, and this pillar was instilled in me through formative childhood experiences with my great-grandfather. Through our weekly lunches and the games of chess that followed, I grew to understand the power of strategic thinking, patience, and forethought. These experiences gave me early exposure to leadership, demonstrating that influential leaders are shaped by their experiences and the wisdom gained from those who came before them. My great-grandfather was a living personification of Adams' vision by investing in my potential. His legacy inspires me to "do more" and share the same wisdom and encouragement with others to create a cycle of leadership and prosperity in my community....
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...Study Plan Master of Arts and Post Graduate Diploma in Leadership Innovation & Change By * Table of Contents 1. Introduction 4 1.1. General 4 1.2. Overall Objectives 4 2. Methodology 4 3. Proposed Study Plan 5 3.1 MALIC Time Table 5 3.2. Proposed Study Plan 6 4. Planned Contingency Options for Unexpected Events 8 5. Summary and Conclusions 9 6. Bibliography 10 * 1. | | | | | | | Introduction 1.1. General 2. 3. * 4. To enable successful completion of the Master of Arts and Post Graduate Diploma in Leadership Innovation & Change (MALIC) programme it is important that each student fully understands what is required, in terms of time and effort to be successful. This allows each individual to allocate time to balance study with existing commitments. 1.2. Overall Objectives My overall goal is to complete MALIC in 15 months graduating in Summer 2014. The aim of this timeframe is to continue the development of my Business with additional accreditation, knowledge and experience to drive transformation in Business through the adoption of Collaboration and Information Technology. The objective of this plan is to provide a tool by which my supervisor and I can track my progress and make the necessary contingencies and adjustments when required as unexpected events occur during my time of study. Methodology 1. Reviewed MALIC Handbook (College, 2012)...
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...STRATEGIC INTENTS Companies that have risen to global leadership over the past 20 years invariably began with ambitions that were out of all proportion to their resources and capabilities. But they created an obsession with winning at all levels of the organization and then sustained that obsession over the 10 to 20 year quest for global leadership. We term this obsession “ stategic intent.” On the one hand, strategic intent envisions a desired leadership position and establishes the criterion the organisation will use to chart its progress. At the same time, strategic intent is more than simply unfettered ambition. The concept also encompasses an active management process that includes: focusing the organisation’s attention on the essence of winning; motivating people by communicating the value of the target; leaving room for individual and team contribution; sustaining enthusiasm by providing new operational definitions as circumstances change; and using intent consistently to guide resource allocation. Strategic intent captures the essence of winning, stabel over time and sets a target that deserves personal effort and commitment. (Hamel & Prahalad, 1989) Hierarchy of strategic intent includes five types of element ranging from (1) a broad vision of what the organisation should be, (2) the organisation mission , (3) specific goals (4) various strategic objectives (5) spesific plans. (Miller,1998) Stategic Intent An-nisa Tangerang Hospital VISION STATEMENT : To be...
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...Strategy & Leadership Emerald Article: Global competition 2021: key capabilities for emerging opportunities Armen Ovanessoff, Mark Purdy Article information: To cite this document: Armen Ovanessoff, Mark Purdy, (2011),"Global competition 2021: key capabilities for emerging opportunities", Strategy & Leadership, Vol. 39 Iss: 5 pp. 46 - 55 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/10878571111161525 Downloaded on: 29-03-2012 To copy this document: permissions@emeraldinsight.com This document has been downloaded 954 times. Access to this document was granted through an Emerald subscription provided by Technische Universitaet Hamburg-Harburg For Authors: If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service. Information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Additional help for authors is available for Emerald subscribers. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.com With over forty years' experience, Emerald Group Publishing is a leading independent publisher of global research with impact in business, society, public policy and education. In total, Emerald publishes over 275 journals and more than 130 book series, as well as an extensive range of online products and services. Emerald is both COUNTER 3 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on...
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...1. Which are the four personal skills most likely to be required of leaders? Can they be learned, or must a leader be born with them? A: The four personal skills that leadership requires are, persuasion, influence, social skills, and coaching. Most leaders must acquire, learn, and polish their skills. They do so by working at self-improvement, observing and studying effective leaders, obtaining useful feedback, and carefully analyzing their employees and the situations in which they do their jobs. 2. Some people have suggested that the four components of emotional intelligence are best developed in a particular order, as illustrated in the numbered quadrants in Figure 7-1. Explain why this order makes sense. A: This makes sense because one must be able to monitor and regulate their own emotions, before trying to understand another being’s feelings or emotions. You’re able to look at the situation from several perspectives and can develop an understanding in how to meet those needs of each individual. 3. As a supervisor of the catalog section of a direct-mail house, Mary has come to believe that without her close supervision, employees in her department would never get their work done. Which of McGregor’s assumptions about employees at work does Mary’s view represent? A: McGregor’s assumptions from Theory X (the average human being has an inherent dislike of work and will avoid it if possible, and because of this human characteristic of dislike of work...
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...Leadership Okechukwu Ekedebe Liberty University Abstract This work deals with leadership, the absence of leadership and how it affects both the business and the employee generally. Examples were given from the pattern of leadership between two managers in a contracting firm, the first one has no regard whatsoever for ethics and the other one has high ethics. It also looked at the working relationship between employees and a manager that can be trusted and how it affects both employee motivation and the productivity of the organization. Problem As a student, I had the opportunity to work with two different contracting firms. The norm for most contracting firms is to pay employees their basic salary and encourage them to go out and hustle for contracts. Each contract gotten means that the employee that got the contract will apart from receiving basic salary, he/she will also get 10% of the profit from the contract. A typical working day environment with my first manager consist of people shouting and calling each other unprintable names, police officers paying us visits and numerous court summons, all of these are from people who he had deals with and could not keep to the terms. He ate people’s money and was known as a man with little integrity. Instead of his workers bringing jobs to him, they rather give it to someone else and just sit in the office and receive basic salary, I watched this firm crumble. My second experience was with a manager who...
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...We can also blend in several other leadership approaches to the transformative approach as long as the foundation of transformative behavior continues to exist and remain at the forefront. For instance, consider Goleman’s “Visionary”, or authoritative style, which focuses on a strong positive climate and focused on moving people toward a common goal, or “Affiliative” which is focused on building bonds, creating harmony and developing communication. When the emotional intelligence factors are added in this construct of style encompasses several facets of transformational leadership which allows a leader to stay true to their traits while employing this style. So, as businesses adapt to modern markets and attempt to stay competitive, the transformational...
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...Critical thinking paper When I registered for “Essence of Enterprise” class, I have thought that it will assist me to mastering my leadership skills in business world either as a team member or a leader. I have realized that business is not all about making money, but I have known clear yet how I should function in business and what tools I need to deal with it. Therefore, I believe this course can be a tool to help me sharpening my skills and visions in business world. I have learned slightly the leadership concept based on my working experience in banking industry for five years. As an institution engaged in the trust, my company really put forward the human ability rather than skill ability. Human factors either managers or subordinates determine the success of the company. Everyone in the company needs to know the personality of superiors, subordinates or co-workers and how to deal with them effectively. For example, if a manager has to deal with an employee who has low competency, he should give a clear instruction to this employee. This subordinate needs detailed guidance and strict supervision. Conversely, if the subordinate has a high competency and enough confidence in performing his duty, the manager may delegate the task with a brief direction on the goal achieved. According to The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership article, the author introduces the five practices of exemplary leadership which are model the way, inspire a shared vision, challenge the process...
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...Marketing Assignment In Asia, I believe that when one thinks of Essence of Chicken, the first name that came to most people’s mind is BRAND’S. BRAND’S Essence of Chicken is a brand trusted for generations and has certainly become an integrated part of our life. Many people drink Essence of Chicken as a mean for restoring or enhancing their mental state. It has also been a well-known “Examination Drink”. Most students believe that drinking Essence of Chicken can boost memory and improve concentration, which is extremely useful during the examination period when students are usually feeling lethargic due to lack of sleep. It’s packaging has also made it a presentable gift to friends and families in all occasions. BRAND’S has been retaining its market leadership position in the Essence of Chicken market. The reasons behind its successes include its persistent effort on brand management and continuous innovation. Over the years, BRAND’S has developed many new products such as BRAND’S® Bird’s Nest, BRAND’S® Innershine etc. to meet the health needs of consumers in different life stages. The use of brand extension has allowed BRAND’S to leverage on its customer base and brand loyalty. The trust that people placed on BRAND’S has certainly gives its new Like many large firms, BRAND’S has been constantly spending huge amount of money on advertisement to increase awareness and to build brand loyalty. In the recent months, BRAND’S has launched marketing campaign and commercial advertisement...
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...STRAYER UNIVERSITY WEEK 3 Assignment 1: Finding the Leader in You: Self-Assessment/Johari Window Joyce B. Shaw Dr. Sandra R. Bryant, Instructor BUS 520 - Leadership and Organizational Behavior April 26, 2013 Finding the Leader in You: Self-Assessment/Johari Window The originators of the Johari Window, Joe Luft and Harry Ingram, developed a model to improve self-awareness and promote understanding between individuals in a group. The model consists of four quadrants (or windows) that provides information that we know about ourselves, what we do not know about ourselves; what others know about us, and what others do not know about us. They state that communication involves information; however information is not static but moves from one quadrant to another by means of awareness, insight, self-disclosure, and feedback (Johari Window, 2009). This author completed a Jung Typology Test (2013), which noted a preference toward introversion (78%) over extraversion, sensing (12%) over intuition, thinking (38%) over feeling, and judging (33%) over perceiving. The essence of Jung's psychological type theory is that much seemingly random variation in behavior is actually quite orderly and consistent due to basic differences in the way individuals prefer to use their perceptions and judgment. Perception involves how people become aware. Judgment entails coming to conclusions about what has been perceived. Systematic differences in how perception and judgment are...
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...Effective Leadership and Management in Nursing Leadership and management are essential to any health care organization, balancing patient care, employees, physicians, and the organization. Nursing is founded on interpersonal relationships. As a people-oriented profession, nursing leadership styles are influenced by humanism. The mission, attitude, and behaviors of a health care organization begins with its leadership, which creates the direction and purpose of the organization. The purpose of this paper is to differentiate between leadership and management, describe views of leadership, and explain the characteristics of an effective leader. Leadership and Management Leadership and management are used interchangeably; however, distinct differences between the two exist. Leadership is defined as setting the direction for change; facilitating innovative practice, ensuring polices are up-to-date and professional standards are set in relationship to care (Feltner, Mitchell, Norris, & Wolfle, 2008). Leadership influences the processes within an organization, the essence of leadership is the ability to influence others. Leaders establish the purpose of the organization, whereas managers carry out the established purpose (Azaare & Gross, 2011). Management includes the process of planning, organizing, coordinating, and directing the work of employees to accomplish the task at hand more efficiently. Managing involves communicating and controlling the use of information to manage the...
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...as wise. In following the lifestyle of a diligent wise man or one of a lazy fool is presented throughout the readings of Proverbs. “All wisdom, even things related to everyday practical matters, begins with the fear of the Lord (1:7). Therefore, Hebrew wisdom literature taught people not only how to make good choices in life but also how to make godly choices.”(The essence of the Old Testament) Solomon, wrote most of the Proverbs, is well known for the wisdom gifted him by God upon requesting it. According to the Bible Solomon’s wisdom was divinely granted and surpassed that of all other sages (1kgs 4:29-34). Even Jesus accepted the historicity of the biblical account of Solomon’s wisdom (matt12:41), and thus, there is little reason from scripture to question Solomon as the author/originator of the proverbs attributed to him.( The essence of the Old Testament). The contrast between wisdom and folly is often a Sharp contrast between righteousness and wickedness for example; the diligent person is wise while the sluggard is a fool or the one who holds his tongue is wise while the fool hastens to speak. (The essence of the Old Testament).I have often heard the definition of wisdom being knowledge applied. We can memorize scripture, teach classes, even preach from the pulpit; however, until we apply in our hearts what we know to be truth, wisdom will never be accounted unto us. As we progressed to knowledge we lost sight of the truth. When speaking about diligence and wisdom...
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